Company Policies: Privacy

Effective March 1, 2005
1. General Information. NETECHNICA Consulting, Inc. ("NETECHNICA") understands the importance of your privacy. At NETECHNICA we are committed to protecting the privacy of information collected from visitors to our Website(s) (referred to in this statement as the "Site"), and from customers of all of NETECHNICA's services (collectively referred to in this statement as the "Services"). This Privacy Statement discloses how we collect and use information regarding the visitors to the Site and customers of the Services (referred to in this statement as "Users"), and the choices that Users can make about the way their information is collected and used. By registering and/or using the Services provided on the Site, you acknowledge and agree to the terms and conditions contained in this Privacy Statement and any terms and conditions applicable to any of the specific Services that you have registered to receive. If you do not agree to all of these terms and conditions, do not continue to visit the Site or use any of the Services.

2. NETECHNICA's Collection And Use Of User Information. NETECHNICA collects and uses personally identifiable information (PII), Users' Website activity information (through the use of "cookies"), IP addresses, Users' demographic information and information supplied by third parties.
    a. Personally Identifiable Information. NETECHNICA collects personally identifiable information (PII) from Users such as the User's name, address, telephone number, gender, birth date, e-mail address, social security number, credit or debit card numbers. NETECHNICA uses the User's PII to help customize and enrich the User's experience with the Site or Services by allowing NETECHNICA to send information to the User about the User's account, NETECHNICA's services, advertisements for products and services of third parties that may be of interest to User, and other information that reflect the User's interests ("Provider Notices"). NETECHNICA takes reasonable steps to keep all PII it collects from Users confidential within NETECHNICA and, except as described in this Privacy Statement, will not sell, rent, or intentionally disclose a User's PII to anyone else without first providing the User with notice of such use and an opportunity to opt-out of such use.

    b. Cookies. NETECHNICA uses cookies to keep and occasionally track information about User and the User's visits to the Site. A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to User's computer browser from a Web server and stored on User's computer hard drive. The cookie is then read by the Web server programs to inform a Website operator (like NETECHNICA) if User has previously visited that site. NETECHNICA uses cookies to improve and personalize the User's visit to the Site and current or future use of the Services. NETECHNICA's use of cookies may include delivery of content specific to the User's interests, saving User's password so User does not have to re-enter it each time User visits the Site or uses the Services, and studying traffic patterns and taking other actions to improve the Site or the Services. The information collected by NETECHNICA by use of cookies is only used within NETECHNICA and, except as described in this Privacy Statement, will not be sold, rented, or disclosed to anyone else without User's prior notification or consent.

    Through the Site and the Services, NETECHNICA provides Users with unfiltered access to information available via hypertext links (the "Links") to other parties' Websites. Personally identifying information may be gathered from the Websites referenced by the Links. In most cases, NETECHNICA does not hold any rights to the Websites referenced by the Links, and has no association with their endorsers or control over their content or practices.

    NETECHNICA WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE OR DISCLOSURE OF ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE OR OTHER INFORMATION COLLECTED VIA THIRD PARTY USE OF COOKIES, THE LINKS, OR OTHERWISE BY ANY THIRD PARTY.

    c. IP Addresses. An Internet protocol ("IP") address is a set of numbers that is automatically assigned to User's computer when a User accesses the Internet. Web servers identify User's computer by the IP address assigned to it during User's online session. NETECHNICA collects the IP address of User's when they visit the Site and uses User's IP address to help diagnose problems with NETECHNICA's servers and to administer the Site and NETECHNICA's Web pages. In addition, NETECHNICA may use IP addresses for other purposes, for example, to report anonymous User information to current or potential advertisers, or to gather information for aggregate use. NETECHNICA does not ordinarily link a User's IP address to the User's name or other PII, but reserves the right to do so for use only within NETECHNICA.

    d. Demographic Information. NETECHNICA collects non-identifying demographic information, such as the Users' zip code, age and income level, and uses such information to tailor the Users' experience with the Site and Services. For example, NETECHNICA may use demographic information to display content according to the User's preferences. User demographic information may be shared with business partners and advertisers on an aggregate basis in a manner which will not personally identify the User submitting such information.

    e. Third Party Information. NETECHNICA may supplement the information that User provides with information that is received from third parties. The type of information that may be received could include PII and User demographic information. The use of this information provided to NETECHNICA by third parties will be governed and restricted only by the terms and conditions imposed by those third parties.

    f. Exceptions. In addition to the uses and disclosures described above, NETECHNICA may disclose Users' information, including PII, in special cases, including but not limited to: (1) when NETECHNICA has reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to enforce compliance with the terms and conditions of our Site or Services or otherwise in order to enforce NETECHNICA's rights with regard to the User; (2) to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) the Site, the Services, NETECHNICA' rights or property, other Users of the Site, or anyone else; (3) NETECHNICA believes in good faith that any law enforcement agency or applicable law, rule, regulation, subpoena or order requires the disclosure; or (4) to third parties providing services to NETECHNICA, provided that such third parties agree to use and disclose the information shared only in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Statement.
3. Correcting Or Updating Disclosed Information, Changing Elections, Or Stopping The Further Collection And/Or Use Of User's Information. Users may access the data collected, request corrections or updates to User's information, stop NETECHNICA's sending of announcements and advertisements about the Services and modify or rescind User's authorization to disclose PII to third parties (except as set forth in Section 2(f), by sending a request as specified below. NETECHNICA will correct such error, make such an update and/or stop sending announcements and advertisements and/or stop disclosing such information, upon: (a) receipt of a written request to do so; (b) verifying the existence of the alleged error (if applicable); and (c) verifying the identity of the User requesting the change.

Users may request all changes by either: (a) sending an e-mail request to: privacy@netechnica.com or (b) sending a letter via the U.S. Mail to:

NETECHNICA Consulting, Inc
8634 Central Avenue NE
Blaine, MN 55434

4. Data Security. NETECHNICA takes reasonable precautions to prevent the unauthorized use, disclosure or access to User's information. The precautions include [insert standard security precautions used to protect all information during and after collection]. Certain NETECHNICA User Service accounts are password-protected, providing persons who have access to a User's password with access to the Services under the User's account and the User's account-related information. If User refrains from sharing User's password with others and protects it from disclosure, User helps to maintain security and confidentiality of User's account and account related information. User must remember to log out of User's NETECHNICA account when User is finished using the Site or the Services. By doing so, User protects User's account from being re-opened by another person. If the confidentiality of a User's password has been compromised, the User should contact NETECHNICA to receive a new password. Please note that despite its efforts to maintain the security and confidentiality, neither NETECHNICA nor any other Internet service can promise complete security against unauthorized access to, use of and disclosure of User information provided over the Internet.

5. Age Requirement. NETECHNICA encourages parents and guardians to be familiar with the Websites that their children visit and the Services that they use. The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") regulates how Website operators collect and use personal information from children under the age of 13, pursuant to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (the "Act"). For more information about the Act and children's on-line privacy in general, visit the FTC's Website at http://www.ftc.gov/. NETECHNICA requires that all Users be at least 18 years of age. To the extent that some of the Services and the Site become accessible to a child under the age of 13 (by any means including, a Users' intentional or inadvertent disclosure of its password to that child), NETECHNICA requests that the child under the age of 13 refrain from using the Site and Services. Users under the age of 13 are prohibited from posting or transmitting any PII or other information on the Site, the Services, or any other NETECHNICA Website. NETECHNICA relies in part on its Users to prevent unauthorized access to the Site and the Services, and to comply with the provisions of this statement.

6. Miscellaneous.
    a. Limitation of Liability. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW NETECHNICA DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY UNAUTHORIZED USE OR DISCLOSURE OF USER'S INFORMATION PROVIDED VIA THE SITE OR ANY OTHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO SUCH INFORMATION EVEN IF NETECHNICA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT NETECHNICA'S LIABILITY FOR ITS OWN WILLFUL, WANTON OR INTENTIONAL TORTS.

    b. Governing Law. This Privacy Statement will in all respects be governed by and interpreted, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of Minnesota, except for its conflict of laws provisions. Any action arising out of or relating to this Privacy Statement will be exclusively venued in a state or federal court situated within the State of Minnesota. User irrevocably consents and submits to the personal jurisdiction of said courts for all such purposes.

    c. Revisions. NETECHNICA reserves the right to change, modify and or remove portions of these terms and conditions at any time. The terms and conditions applicable to your collected information shall be: (i) in the case of PII collected by NETECHNICA, the terms and conditions in place at the time you submitted the applicable information; and (ii) in the case of cookies and IP addresses, the terms and conditions in effect upon the User's last visit to the Site that results in the delivery of or access to such cookies, or the collection of such IP addresses.

    d. Entire Agreement. This Privacy Statement contains the entire agreement between NETECHNICA and User regarding NETECHNICA's collection and use of information from User and supersedes any prior representations, advertisements, statements, proposals, negotiations, discussions, understandings, or agreements regarding the same subject matter. User acknowledges that it has not been induced to agree to the terms of this Privacy Statement by any representations or statements, oral or written, not expressly contained in this Privacy Statement.